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    • Posts: 59 Member
      Admittedly I hadn't read through all these yet, but had to jump in with my pet peeve of sale vs sell.
      e.g. "I'm going to sale this online" or "There are a lot of holiday sells this week"

      yup, drives me nuts, especially as i've been seeing this used by businesses now!


      The funniest mispronunciation happened to me a few weeks ago sitting in a doctor's office, and overheard bits of chatting between two others about 'going to golf' - it wasn't until they started talking about the oil spill like, 15 mins later, did i realize the whole conversation was about the 'gulf', lol
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      So how about Worcestershire sauce? When I was a kid I thought it was "War-chest-er-shyre" but that's not right. Now I just grab the bottle and try not to pronounce it. :laugh:

      Lol! I know! I have a bottle that has been in the fridge for several years. It's like I'm afraid that if I get it out to use it, I'll have to say it!
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      Some of these I am totally guilty of.

      I sometimes pronounce words incorrectly on purpose because I like how silly they sound.

      This! Sezackly! I also spell them oddly sometimes, too. Sometimes I deliberately am redundant such as ending with too when I already started with also!:laugh: :laugh: :bigsmile:
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      Incregible instead of incredible.
      toof instead of tooth.
      sketti instead of spaghetti
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      This! Sezackly! I also spell them oddly sometimes, too. Sometimes I deliberately am redundant such as ending with too when I already started with also!:laugh: :laugh: :bigsmile:

      You, my dear, are a rebel! And you crack me up!!
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      i have a friend that says ''MINUS WELL!'' instead of might as well.. its funny.. and my wife is french so she spells AM instead of I'm.
    • Posts: 94 Member
      A woman I worked with always said: Ty-nol (Tylenol) and Albaquerque Tuna (Albacore tuna)
      Cousins say: Melk and Poke Chop.
      Lots of others that I hate but Axe for ask drives me crazy...especially in songs. HeigTH for height UGH!
      Nucular especially when said by a President.
      Hanbanade (Hand Grenade)
      Flingshot (Slingshot)
      My grandmother used to say: Termastak (thermostat), See-saym (sesame) K-Mark, Wal-Mark
      Neighbor used to say: Creeky corn (concrete) ammonia (pneumonia) Woggely (wobbly)
      Patients say: Blood clog (clot) Had**** (headache) Acid reflex (reflux) Dylawda (Dilaudid)
      Others have been said already like: supposably, expresso, exspecially....the list goes on and on. lol
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      Reletor instead of realtor, ARGH!!!!
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      I hate it when people say expecially for especially
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      personally i use these alot... PROLLY(probebly). FINSTA GANNA(going to).. LEMME (let me)
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      wash as warsh
      especially as expecially
      espresso as expresso
      both as bolth
      enchilada as anchilada
      treadmill as treadmeal

      I could probably continue that list for a while, especially if I just sit and listen to my husband talk. He's guilty of at least four of those on a regular basis and it drives me CRAZY!
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      Remembered another one, I was getting a bridesmaid dress fitted and overheard a bride telling her mom that the groom would be wearing a "cumbersome" LOL.
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      When people say "milk" like it has an "e." Like "melk."

      "Ruff" instead of roof.

      "Rum" instead of room.

      People who say "supposably" when they mean supposedly.

      And OH MY GOD, pecan. It's "puh-cawn." Not "pee-can." A pee can is what you squat over in the woods when you go camping...
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      Mump ... Opps I meant Bump. :[)
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      I have never, ever heard anyone, American or otherwise say "sub-leem".

      I've never, ever heard this either. I also like snark from Brits about "English vs. American." I tried watching some show on the BBC a few years ago and legitimately had to turn on subtitles. They mangle their own language far more than we ever could, I think. "Innit" is not a word...
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      When doing some laundry, my wife says I always say "warsh" for wash.
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      Nucular
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      My mom says "yersterday" instead of yesterday - UGH!!! lol
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      I had a boss that would say irregardless all the time as well as redic-ah-lus. funny huh?

      my favorite misuse is nauseous v. nauseated
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      My husband says "bafroom" instead of bathroom. This drives me crazy!
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      nucular
      ^^^^ THISSSSS!!!!! AUGGGH! And paJAWmas. However, I can't judge... I say "tarlet" instead of toilet, and 'nanner instead of banana... and 'tater instead of potato. 'cause I'm a TOTAL hick... Friend me if you're a hick! Anybody?... Not really?... oh...
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      Hearing someone say "nukular" (nuclear) makes my head do Linda Blair spins.
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      These drive me nuts!

      Valentimes = VALENTINES
      Pacifically = SPECIFICALLY
      Axe/Axt = ASK
      Toof = TOOTH
      Polk Chop = PORK CHOP
      Witch you = WITH YOU
      Liberry = LIBRARY.
    • Posts: 160 Member
      ....you spelt pronunciation wrong.....I suppose that would be a good example.
    • Posts: 165 Member
      I totally agree with all of the already mentioned words, especially axe for ask!

      Sometimes written words can make me a bit crazy. Such as when people don't write the correct word for the application - confusing "your" (meaning belongs to someone) and "you're" which is a contraction of the words "you are". Another set is - to, too and two. They all sound the same but are used differently. "Too" means "also" but "to" does not! As in: I want to go too!
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      Aks, nothing drives me more bonkers.

      an axe is what I'm swinging in the picture...


      Bahahaha. Fo sho.
    • Posts: 497 Member
      Orygun is how every person from Oregon (and the rest of the West) pronounces it. The people who live there get to decide what's right, and we snicker when East-Coasters say "Oreygohn."

      One of mine is forte, which is pronounced "fort" not "fortay." But almost nobody knows that and I actually get the look like I am the moron when I say it right.
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      I had a boss that would say irregardless all the time as well as redic-ah-lus. funny huh?

      my favorite misuse is nauseous v. nauseated

      Ooh, high level grammar. Very few people recognize the chronic misuse of nauseous. Fist bump to you.
      Whenever people say they are nauseous, I always think "Oh, you're not that bad."
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      OMG, I HATE when people say comfort-a-ble. I don't know, maybe I'M the one saying it wrong. I say "comfturble."
      It also drives me batty when people say "car-a-mel." It's "carmel," darnit!!

      (And yes, I know I spelled those words wrong, for all you grammar Nazis.)
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      OMG, I HATE when people say comfort-a-ble. I don't know, maybe I'M the one saying it wrong. I say "comfturble."

      I pronounce it the way you do, but "comfort-a-ble" makes more sense, since that is the way it's spelled. After all, you don't "comftor" someone, you comfort them. But I'm still not changing the way I say it.

      For the person who asked about California, I was born here and have lived here almost all my life. We use the R.

      For the people that talked about the pronunciation of chipotle, you may get a kick out of this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRv9_Q3HOmg This commercial is the reason I mispronounce the word even though I'm from a Spanish speaking family and know perfectly well how to say it. :laugh:
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